Category Archives: The Huffington Post.
HUFFINGTON POST: Downton Abbey Problems.
A series of tweets based upon the trials and tribulations of life at Downton Abbey. Isn’t it wonderful how we’re friends! Save that you’re the friend who fetches tea, empties my chamber pot & bathes me. #DowntonAbbeyProblems First cousins make for … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Thanksgiving: A Questionnaire for Dinner Guests.
We’re so happy you’ve decided to spend Thanksgiving dinner with us! In order to ensure the dinner proceeds as smoothly as possible, we ask that you please take a moment to complete the following questionnaire. Mark your answers clearly with … Continue reading
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HUFFINGTON POST: Your Hurricane Preparedness Guide.
Late last night, and based on my Twitter feed alone, I suddenly realized that while there sure are a lot of former New Yorkers down in Florida — mostly the old and infirm, driving along our highways in tank-like cars, … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: This Is CNFMNSTV’s Lightning Brunch.
This is CNFMNSTV, the most reliable source for up-to-the-minute financial news from Wall Street and around the world, with far more letters than any other cable financial network, and hosted by our crackshot team of economists, gurus, and wizards — literally. … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Tractatus Twitter-Philosophicus.
A Brief Working Theory as to the Socio-Semiotic Lexicographic Post-Structuralist Aesthetic Paleographic Mechanisms of Twitter, afterWittgenstein. #Glee 1 Twitter is everything that is the case. 1.1 Twitter consists of tweets, … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Wimbledon, Live from Frankfurt.
In our family, to think of Roger Federer as anything but the greatest player in the history of the game of tennis is nothing short of heresy; to extol his virtues would be like trying to fit one more angel … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Fridays, No More.
Sometimes, there is news too cruel to accept, too confusing for our fragile minds to comprehend, too painful for our psyches to accommodate. We see reports of blood on the streets. Europe is bankrupt. The stock market goes up. The … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: We Are Friends.
An Open Letter from Colonel Gaddafi to the American People. Text Martin Marks Illustration Brian Fee . To the Good Citizens of the United States of America, Over the past several days, I’ve taken time out of what has proven to be an … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: In Soft Water.
Back when I lived in Baltimore, there was a man named Mike, a nice enough guy save that when he went off his meds, he’d turn into Crazy Mike, an alter ego that liked to wander around Charles Village screaming … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: The Eloquence of Peasants.
Several days ago, as the Twittersphere burgeoned with news of the situation in Egypt, an apocryphal piece of trivia from my undergraduate years — that I had double majored in Near Eastern Studies with a focus on Egyptology — came … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Lauren Conrad Interviews Joan of Arc.
AFTER A SIX SEASON RUN, MTV’s The Hills sadly came to a close last night. We can’t believe it’s only been two short years since the star – perhaps you’ve heard of her? – Lauren Conrad stepped off that plane … Continue reading
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HUFFINGTON POST: Bushenschadenfreude.
On Friday, the Wall Street Journal’s Anthony Paletta, in his article “George W. Bush Is Out of the Picture,” made note of the fact that very few critics had latched onto the newly released film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The … Continue reading
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Fashion Week, Spring/Summer 2010.
Though blogging-about-blogging has been my default “lazy blogger” category, the Fictionarium was transformed into a Fashionarium for this past week, and it’s been nothing short of a madhouse. Thus, I thought it might be a fine idea to provide a wrap-up of the flurry … Continue reading
HUFFINGTON POST: Under the Big Top.
For me, New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week used to be that magical time of year when I’d remind my more modish friends that invitation was the nominal form of the verb to invite (as in: “I received the invitation,” not: … Continue reading
